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Expert Review of Endocrinology & Metabolism Volume 15, 2020 - Issue 4
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Editorial

COVID-19 and obesity: links and risks

Carl J. Laviea John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School, The University of Queensland School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Fabian Sanchis-Gomarb Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valencia and INCLIVA Biomedical Research Institute, Valencia, Spain;c Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0424-4208View further author information
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Brandon Michael Henryd Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USAView further author information
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Giuseppe Lippie Section of Clinical Biochemistry, Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement, University of Verona, Verona, ItalyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9523-9054View further author information
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Pages 215-216 | Received 22 Apr 2020, Accepted 07 May 2020, Published online: 22 May 2020

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